Berrien County holds public hearing on Brownfield TIF for 120‑home Royalton Township subdivision

Berrien County commissioners convened a public hearing to consider a Brownfield tax‑increment financing plan for a proposed 120‑home subdivision at the southeast corner of Glen Lord and Hollywood Road in Royalton Township. Community development director Dan Fedde said the project, proposed by Allen Edward Homes, would include 12 income‑restricted rental units reserved at or below 120 percent of area median income and be financed by the developer with reimbursement through a Brownfield TIF plan.

The hearing matters because the plan would allow developer‑paid infrastructure and a capped rental subsidy to be reimbursed from new property tax revenue generated by the project rather than from general county funds. "The purpose of the public hearing…is to consider the adoption of the new Brownfield tax increment financing plan for a proposed housing development in Royalton Township," Dan Fedde said at the hearing.

Under the proposal, the 54‑acre site would contain 120 single‑family homes: about 90 for sale, 18 market‑rate rentals and 12 income‑restricted rental units. Fedde and the developer’s consultant described a total project investment of about $39 million, phased construction beginning possibly this fall and final units delivered by about 2032. Eligible brownfield activities in the…